Even with a combined $3.4 million infusion from the Legislature and the Manoa campus, University of Hawaii athletics ran at a $1.7 million deficit for the 2017 fiscal year, according to an independent auditor’s report.

With two wins on the young season, the Kealakehe girls soccer program is already showing improvement from last year. The Waveriders easy defeated Ka’u — a team that has struggled to field 11 players this season and that played with the bare minimum on Monday — 9-0 with the game going nearly the full 80 minutes.